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Voting opens Thursday for MLS All-Star game in Atlanta

Official match balls of the MLS showing the MLS logo on the sideline before the New England Revolution Vs New York City FC regular season MLS game at Gillette Stadium on March 24, 2018 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. 

ATLANTA — Supporters of MLS can begin voting Thursday for which of the league’s players they want to see on the All-Star team that will play Juventus in Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Aug. 1.

Voting can be done on the MLS app. Voting will also open online June 8-20.

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More than 40,000 tickets have been sold for the game.

Three Atlanta United players participated in last year’s All-Star game against Real Madrid in Chicago: midfielder Miguel Almiron, fullback Greg Garza and centerback Michael Parkhurst.

This story was written by Doug Roberson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.